The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1887-07-28
mar. REED IN vTAH.
He is enthusiastically Received at
Salt Lake.
Is serenaded and Makes a Telling
Speech.


[salt Lake Tribune Juy 2O.l
The loyal citizens Of Salt Lake accorded
Congressman Thomas b. Reed a warm Ova-
tion at the Walker House last night. IL was
an impromta serenade, and the recipient was
much pleased at the large assemblage gath
cred to do him honor. Tue street and side
walk in front Of the house we're crowded
with citizens, and in the crowd were seen the
faces Of Salt Lakes most prominent and dis
tinguished bankers, merchants and profess
s,iianal men. The Walker Opera House Band
discour5sssd some splendid music, and Mr..
Reed appeare,aa after the third selection and
gave a most sensib VA ak 10 very attentive
audience.
Early in the day. delegation On .orinon
statesmen, including delegate Caine, Law.
yer Richards, Mayor Armstrong and other
lesser lights Of the Church, had labored with
the Maine Representative and, metaphorical-
ly speaking, laid hands all over him. They
held bis ear for an hour, but judging from
his remarks last evening. they made but lit
tie impression on him. He stood In front Of
the Walker Honse doorway and his majestic
form lowered above everybody.
When he appeared, the earnestness Of the
shout that went up for Reed told him at
once that he was among friends and ad-
mirers General Eli II. Murray introduced
him by saying: "We have here in our pres
ence q gentleman whose name Is entirely
familiar 70 you. The name which shall
announce is kndwR. throughout the length
and breadth Of Utah, Nsadl ~ -is.s sihdelibly
stamped in the legislation OF this country.
1t will be cherished by our posterity long
after we shall have passed from the scenes
of this world. have the pleasure TO intro
duce to you the Hon. Thomas b. Reed of
Maine" [Applause.l
Mr.. Reed in his clear, deliberate, manly
way responded as follows;
Fellow Citizens Of the Territory Of Utah,
| and may as well say In opening that IL
| should come here number Of years from
now | should expect still 10 address YOU as
| citizens OF Utah Territory. Applause
| Twenty-Five or thirty years ago when an
| Amer lcan spoke Of his country he referred
| TO its length and breadth In large figures,
| and was Inclined TO become enthusiastic In
| his descriptions aud to rave about its posi-
| bilities. But the country has grown so big
now that we feel we are big enough 10 be
/ seen without advertising ourselves. This
| country becomes very impressive 10 a man
| who starts from Portland, which was begun
to be built 255 years ago, and travels TO the
| town of Juneau in Alaska Not less i'm
| pressiye Is the visit to Utah Territory. Its
| fields are fertile, and its valleys rich with the
growing harvests, but IN its hills Is its wealth
and reyenue-a wealth equal TO the vast eni-
| pires Of the past. That revenue will make
| even greater the wealth Of your fields. But
| what you need here Is that maker Of wealth
the human being. The difference in value
between land In one part Of the country and
another depends little on the land itself. IL
1 0RnpnnQ hffHan hAtnffa and rkrsna
they are the most thickly settled there IS
more wealth In the acres. But In order that
men shall come here, an American citizen
must feel that he has the same rights here as
/ In other parts of the country. The expert
enee you have had lends additional impor-
| tance 70 what / say. The railroads OF this
| country are bringing every part of 10 nearer
| together, and this has the effect OF giving
| legislators an opportunity Of becoming better
| acquainted with the wants OF the people.
Since 1857 you have seen some OF the fruits
| OF the legislation Of Congress, and this legis-
| latiOn Will continue until American citizens
here have the same status they have else
/ where IN the country. And while | do not
/ believe in instantaneous conventions, yet |
/ am pleased TO note that men sometimes ap-
| pear to be converted. Applause.l It shows
| that the lessons have not been unayaiHng.
| and the only thing for us TO do IS 70 continue
those lessons, for believe that men, even Il
they have been misguided in the past, can
| not close their eyes TO the advancing etYiliza-
tiOn. The vast progress extending from the
Atlantic 10 the Pacific carries with 10 the
right of the individual man-the right Of
each man to work out his own material sal
vatiOn. You have the wealth here, and all
| you need is the immigration OF American cit
| liens, with their capacity 10 develop your
vast resources. And II you stand closely to-
gether that result will follow as surely as the
sun will rise over your hill tops In the
morning 1 thank You for this compliment,
| and these enchanting strains, and If / have
been OF service To you In times past, hope
may be again In times 10 come.
AT the close Of Mr. Reeds speeches he
was given three cheers and tiger. The
distinguished guest Will leave for the east
/ today.